Ala. Admin. Code r. 488-X-1-.16

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 488-X-1-.16 - Reciprocity

Section 34-16-8 Reciprocity agreements authorized.

(1) The Board may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any state, agency, or other organization that licenses, certifies, or registers professional interpreters or transliterators, or both, if the board finds that the state, agency, or organization has substantially the same requirements or more stringent requirements.

(2) Regardless of whether there is a reciprocal agreement in place, the Board may determine whether any state, agency, or other organization that licenses certifies or registers professional interpreters or transliterators, or both has substantially the same requirements as the Board. Based upon a determination that a licensing organization substantially adheres to the same standards as those in Alabama, the Board may offer a permit or license based upon those reciprocal qualifications.

(3) The reciprocity agreement shall provide that the Board shall license anyone who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in that state or by that agency or other organization if that state, agency, or other organization agrees to license, certify, or register any practitioners who are currently licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(4) The board shall set by regulation the fees appropriate in processing reciprocity, and the applicant seeking a license or permit, must pay the required ALBIT fee for the license or permit as prescribed in the fee schedule.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 488-X-1-.16

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 07, April 29, 2022, eff. 6/13/2022.

Author: The Alabama Board of Interpreter and Transliterators

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-16-4.